Combination-chair.



No. 656,763. Patented Aug. 28, I900. M. BELISLE.

COMBINATION CHAIR.

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No. 656,763 Patented Aug. 28, I900. M. BELISLE.

COMBINATION CHAIR.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,763, dated August 28, 1900. Application filed March 5, 1900. Serial No. 7,308. (No model.)

To 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moms BELISLE, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Ware, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinationChairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combination-chairs, and has special reference to a convertible chair which embodies an upright sitting chair and a swinging chair.

One object of my invention is the provision of a combination-chair which is easily shifted from one position to another, which is perfectly safe and reliable when placed at the desired position, and which is very ornamental and attractive as an article of furniture.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a combination-chair embodying a simple, durable, and inexpensive construction and one which may be suspended from a doorway or suitable framework to form a swing, thus producing a very useful and practical article of furniture.

To attain the desired objects, myinvention consists of a combination-chair embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts,substantially as disclosed herein.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the chair resting upon its legs in a sitting position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the chair suspended from a framework. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the seat of the chair. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one series of the levers and links employed upon each side of my chair to hold the same at any desired position, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the suspension-hooks used in connection with my chair to suspend the same in a doorway or suitable framework.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the bottom or seat of the chair, said seat being provided with a commodeopening 2, which is adapted to be covered by means of the lid 3, which is flush with the seat. Secured to the seat, upon two opposite sides thereof and rising up therefrom, are the strips 4, carrying the arms 5 of the chair, and pivotally connected to the end of one of said arms and adapted to extend across and connect with the other arm is the guard-rail 6. To the rear portion of the seat, upon the sides thereof, are two pins '7, to which are slidably secured, by means of the slots 8, the long legs 9, said legs being provided with the longarms 10, to which is secured the back 11 of the chair. Secured swingingly'to the forward portion of the seat by means of the pins 12 is the foot-resting frame or front legs 13, which consists of two straight side pieces 14 and the two curved side pieces l5,said straight and curved pieces being connected together by means of the intermediate strips 16 and the lower foot-rest 17, the foot-rest 18 being adjustable, as it can be removed and be placed so as to rest upon any of the short strips 19,

which connect each of the straight side pieces to the curved ones.

In order that I may recline the chair or, in fact, sustain it in any desired position or rock it, I employ the series of levers, one pair of which is shown in Fig. 4 and which consists of the central pivoted lever 20, connected to the seat by means of the pivot 21, said lever being formed with two oppositely-curved arms 22, at Whose extreme ends are pivoted the similar-shaped links or curved arms 23 and 24,. The outer end of the arm 23 is pivotally connected with the foot-rest at 25 a little below the center of the frame thereof, and the outer end of the arm 24 is pivotally connected with the back of the chair at 26, nearly opposite where the arm of the chair is when the chair is in a sitting position. To allow the chair,and consequentlythe levers andlinks,to be operated more easily and to hold the parts in the desired position, I employthe short levers 27 and 28, the lever 28 being pivoted to the seat at 29 and being secured movably near its outer end by means of the pin 30 to the lower end of the lever 28, whose outer end is pivoted at the junction 31 of the links 2 1 and the upper arm of the central lever 20. I provide a recess or notch 32 in the upper edge of the lever 28 to receive the pin or projection 33, carried by the lever 27 upon its outer end, said pin and notch looking to hold the chair in a sitting position.

Connected to the seat at 34c and 34: and to the back at 3% are the ends of the three chains 35, carried by the chain 36,two of these chains, with their ends, being employed to suspend my chair.

Adapted to be suspended from the upper frame of a doorway or any suitable framework are the suspension-hooks 37, which are provided with the long arms 38, terminating in the prongs 39, said arms having formed at their junction an eye 40, to which the chains are attached.

Secured to the under side of the seat, around the opening therein, is a wire spring bail or holder 41, Whose ends 42 are secured in the bottom of the seat, said bail being adapted to receive the receptacle or vessel 43 and sup-" port the same beneath the opening when my chair is used as a commode.

From the foregoing description it is evident that I provide a chair Whose normal position is as shown in Fig. 1, when the locking device is' employed, and to make a swing it is simply necessary to attach the chains and suspend the chair, which may be either reclined or upright.

Thus it will be seen that I provide a combination-chair which is the embodiment of simplicity, durability, attractiveness, and

cheapness, thus producing a very useful and practical chair.

I claim A combination-chair, comprising a seat haviug arms carried thereby, a foot-rest swingingly connected to the forward part of the seat, and forming the front legs of the chair, a pair oflegs carrying the back movably secured to the rear of the seat, and two series of levers and links one series adapted to be upon each side of the chair, each series consisting of three similarly-shaped members connected in a chain, the central one being pivoted at its center to the seat, and the extreme ends of the others being connected to the foot-rest and back, respectively.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MosEs BELISLE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE M. C. BARNARD, EPHRAIM E. ORRELL. 

